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BEFORE READING Activity pages 18–19 1 a READING CHECK b ship b F (He tells him ‘You can be one of my crew’.)

c pirate c T Key d pistol d F (The Spanish crew fight well.) e governor e F ( puts the Spanish on a small island.) f sword f T Activity Key 2 a pirate g F (Blackbeard’s pirates cannot go into Charleston because b ships they be captured and killed there.) c governor…governor WORD WORK d sword…pistol b fever e treasure c doctor 3 Open answers. d medicine e firing Activity pages 6–7 f small READING CHECK g jump b Hornigold h sword c Hornigold i pistol d Teach…Hornigold GUESS WHAT e the Mary Anne’s lookout Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers f Teach now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: g Teach…the French captain a and d h Louis Arot…Teach WORD WORK Activity pages 24–25 1 b ship READING CHECK c cabin b Charleston d gold c Governor of South Carolina e gun d medicine f pirate e Charleston 2 b war f Three days c starboard g happy d crew h go home e fight i North f aboard j King George g attack h captures WORD WORK GUESS WHAT b surrender c chest Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers d abandoned now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: e sugar a 1,2 f sending b 1,3 g pardon c 1,3 h letter d 2,3 GUESS WHAT Activity pages 12–13 Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: READING CHECK a No (He hears about Blackbeard’s adventures in Charleston.) b 3 b No (He says that something must be done.) c 2 c No d 1 d Yes WORD WORK e Yes b island f No (Blackbeard’s men don’t kill him, and Blackbeard doesn’t c wife think the will catch him either.) d aye e frightening Activity pages 30–31 f governor READING CHECK g adventures b Blackbeard sails his three ships to h Royal Navy c Two of his ships go aground there. i sails d The pirates must wait for the sea to come in before they can j lieutenant move these ships. k terror e They go ashore in small boats. l ashore f Many of Blackbeard’s men drink and go to sleep early that m revenge night. GUESS WHAT g Blackbeard and some of his men take boats out to the Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers Adventure. now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: h They take all Blackbeard’s treasure with them too. a, c, f i The wants Blackbeard dead.

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WORD WORK sailor 1 a catch Appearance: slim, dresses as a handsome young man with a b blockade scarf over her long hair.

c news Contact: Jonathon Barnet Key d aground 3 Open answers. e inlet 4 Open answers.

f treasure Activity Key g rum Project B pages 42–44 C A T C H A PIRATE 1 Instructions to Find My Treasure B L O C K A D E Sail your ship past Springer’s Point in the south-west of Ocracoke Island, and put down your anchor in Teach’s Channel near The N E W S Ditch. A G R O U N D Leave your boat near Pilot Town, and walk north-east through Widgeon Wood to Oyster Creek River. I N L E T Go south-east across the river and walk past the Old Swamp on your right with Horsepen Point on your left. T R E A S U R E When you come to Hammock Hills, walk south-east over them. Then turn right and walk south-west along Shipwreck Bay. When R U M the fourth hill is on your right, stop. The treasure chest is under your feet. 2 Tangier 2 GUESS WHAT Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers now. They will find out as they read that the answer is: b

Activity pages 38–39 READING CHECK a Maynard b Hyde c Blackbeard d Hyde e Maynard f Blackbeard g Maynard WORD WORK b Blackbeard cannot see any sailors on the deck of the Jane. c When Maynard’s sword breaks, Blackbeard laughs. d In the end Blackbeard falls down and dies. e The dead pirate captain has twenty-five wounds on his body. f Many of Blackbeard’s pirates escape from Maynard. X WHAT NEXT? Open answers.

Project A pages 40–41 A WANTED POSTER 1 WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE Reward of 500 gold doubloons for the capture of ‘Blackbeard’ Real Name: Edward Teach, Tatch, or Thatch Age: 38 3 Open answers. From: Bristol, 4 Open answers. Lives in: the Caribbean on his ship the Queen Anne’s Revenge 5 Open answers. Crime: capturing more than 40 ships stealing lots of treasure, 6 Open answers. blockading Charleston, marrying 14 wives Appearance: a tall, frightening man with a long, black beard, usually wears lots of pistols in his belt and puts smoking fireworks in his beard. Contact: Governor Spotswood of Virginia 2 Possible answer: WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE Reward of 500 gold doubloons for the capture of the pirate ‘’ Age: 27 From: London, England Lives in: the Caribbean on Captain Jack Rackam’s ship the William Crime: killing Captain Hudson of the Royal Queen and another

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